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Trauma-Informed Leadership

Trauma-Informed Leadership

My latest article for Fast Company is on trauma-informed leadership--both why it matters and how to do it well.  The last few years have been difficult for so many, and those challenges people are facing don't vanish when they log on in the morning. They affect...

Navigating Holiday Family Drama

Navigating Holiday Family Drama

We're about a week away from Thanksgiving here in the United States, and while that can be wonderful and exciting, for some of us we can feel a sense of dread as we know we'll have to come into contact with family members who push our buttons. I recorded a short video...

Podcast on Trauma at Work

Podcast on Trauma at Work

I got to have a great conversation recently with Jennifer Simpson Carr of Furia Rubel Communications about trauma at work--how it shows up, the impact it has, and how we can get better at supporting each other through it. One of my favorite parts of the discussion was...

Gallup 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report

Gallup 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report

The Gallup State of the Global Workplace Report was recently released and the findings are a doozy: -60% of workers reported being emotionally detached at work, and 19% were miserable -Only 33% reported feeling engaged (even lower than in 2020) -50% of US workers feel...

Develop Cultural Humility

Develop Cultural Humility

This is a reprint of my LinkedIn newsletter for August 2022. To subscribe to the newsletter, click here. I recently attended the funeral of a man who had been a supervisor in a large company. The service was Quaker, so attendees were invited to speak if we chose to....

Acknowledgement at Work

Acknowledgement at Work

A recent series of studies led by Harvard Business School professor Julian Zlatev showed the importance of acknowledging others' difficult emotions at work, finding that participants were more likely to trust coworkers who acknowledged their feelings, especially...

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